Atomic Bomb Test

Fritz Goro1945-09

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Aerial view of the first atomic bomb's dark scar below mountain called Sierra Oscura in desert encircled by high wire fence as "jumbo" big instrument sits partly wrecked by the blast in the foreground.

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Title: Atomic Bomb Test
Date: 1945-09
Location: Alamogordo, NM, US
Physical Dimensions: B/W TRANSMISSION
Subject Keywords: Atomic Energy, Mountains, Aerial, Special Collections, Photography, Bomb Tests, Us, American, New Mexico, Sierra Oscura, Icp Donation, 1940s
Publisher: TimeLife
Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
Provider: LIFE
Photographer: Fritz Goro
Original ID: TimeLife_image_5504650
Credits: LIFE
Copyright: © Time Inc.

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